Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, Senate.
Terry C. Burton
Sponsored
Became law14
State Department of Health; extend repealers.
Electric power associations; revise procedure to amend the certificate of incorporation.
Electric power associations; allow corporate name to include words "electric cooperative."
Electric power associations; bylaws may allow members to vote electronically.
Regulation of underground excavation; exclude routine railroad maintenance activities from.
State Board of Pharmacy computerized program to track prescriptions; extend repealer.
"Mississippi Asthma and Anaphylaxis Child Safety Act"; enact.
Emergency management; include MS Band of Choctaw Indians as a participant under the Statewide Mutual Aid Compact.
Emergency telephone service/collection of service charges; extend repealer on.
Coverage for telemedicine services; define "store-and-forward" and "remote patient monitoring."
Regional mental illness and intellectual disability commissions; define services.
Underground storage of gases; clarify that certain Oil and Gas Board statute shall be applicable for the issuance of a permit for.
Pat Harrison Waterway District; provide for the renewal of property leases in the district.
City of Newton; authorize a long-term agreement regarding the lease of space on the city's water tower.
Passed the Senate12
Delinquency; revise disposition alternatives.
Adult care facilities; define adult day care facilities for licensure purposes.
State Board of Pharmacy building; authorize sale of.
Mississippi Acupuncture Practice Act; exempt doctor referral requirement for certain acupuncturists.
Child care facility licensure by the State Department of Health; provide certain standards and restrictions.
Concealed weapons law; decrease certain fees for licensees.
Oil and Gas Board; extend time allowed for commencement of operations following a forced-pooling order.
Wireless Communication Commission; bring forward sections creating commission for purpose of amendment.
Dual Party Relay System; define "telecommunications" and add member to advisory committee.
Water and Sewer District; governing authority of certain municipalities may appoint board members of the district.
Regulation of underground excavation; exclude routine railroad maintenance and require State Fire Marshal to enforce.
State Board of Pharmacy; prescribe new nominating process.
Out of committee3
Generation and transmission electric power associations; authorize to undertake economic development activities.
Employment First Act; require state agencies to consider persons with disabilities.
Natural gas; provide for open access of intrastate gas pipelines and intrastate gas gathering systems.
In committee46
Uniform Controlled Substances Act; revise Schedules I and IV.
Juvenile justice; centralized control of housing of juvenile offenders.
Assault; revise list of victims triggering enhanced penalty.
Employment First Act; require state agencies to give priority to persons with disabilities.
Home health services; authorize advanced practice nurses and physician assistants to provide to Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries.
Indecent exposure; revise penalty.
Public assistance benefits; require applicants to submit to drug screening and testing to qualify.
Health care certificate of need; additional services subject to CON review.
Overdue child support; payable to custodial parent after emancipation of child.
Health care facility licensure and inspection fees; authorize State Board of Health to set.
Radiological health entities; State Board of Health shall set applicable fees for.
Income tax; authorize a business deduction for certain income attributable to domestic production activities.
Circuit clerks; increase marriage license fee and post-judgment proceedings fee.
Medicaid program coverage; authorize for home/therapeutic leave days for supervised living waiver program.
Regional mental health/intellectual disability commissions; define services which may be provided.
Elections; amend training requirements for resolution board members.
Election commissioners; chairman may receive per diem for up to 5 additional days.
Elections; increase per diem of election commissioners for nonelection days.
Elections; change the length of training course required for managers/pollworkers.
Elections; exclude runoffs from provisions requiring a certain number of machines to be used or a certain number of ballots printed.
Elections; change the phrase "per diem" to the word "salary."
Health care certificate of need; exempt relocation of certain nursing facilities within same long-term care planning district.
Physician/pharmacist drug protocol; authorize single agreement.
Department of Information Technology Services; revise membership of board.
Department of ITS; revise authority of executive director for the purchase of computer equipment and services.
Electric cooperatives; shall pay certain percentage of industrial gross revenues to municipality in which they are located.
Court reporters; revise certain provisions regarding vacation, status and freelancing.
Income tax refund; provide checkoff on individual tax form to allow contribution to Alliance for the Advancement of End of Life.
State Board of Medical Licensure; add nurse practitioner member of Mississippi Board of Nursing to.
Nursing; delete requirement that advanced practice nurses must practice within collaborative relationship with a physician.
Cosmetology licensure law; make technical amendments to.
Medicaid; Division of Medicaid not pay out-of-state providers in states that don't allow MS providers to fully participate.
Commission on the Future of Medicaid and Health Care in Mississippi; establish.
Mississippi Nursing Practice Act; make technical amendments to.
Mississippi Eminent Scholars Grant Program; increase annual award from $2,500.00 to $3,500.00.
Unfair Cigarette Sales Law; repeal.
Bail bondsman law; remove personal sureties.
Elections; revise the definition of "absent voter."
Capitol Police; expand jurisdiction.
Voter rolls; clarify that revising and purging of should be conducted through the Statewide Elections Management System.
Voter registration; require registrar to mail card to the address on the voter application.
Mississippi Patient Protection Act of 2014; create.
Natural Gas Marketing Act; revise the rate of interest on payments required under the act.
Ballot box examination; clarify how candidates shall be served notice of.
Contractor's tax; reduce for drilling oil and gas well utilizing hydraulic fracturing.
Alternative fuel revolving loan fund; authorize counties to borrow money from.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 65
2014 Second Extraordinary Session · Disaster response and recovery costs; authorize transfer to disaster trust fund.
2014 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Transportation, Department of - State Aid Road Construction, Office of.
2014 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Payroll date for school district employees; authorize semimonthly payroll in discretion of local school board.
Mississippi State University; may enter into long-term leases with IHL's approval.
Health care certificate of need law; define "radiation therapy services."
Sales tax; exempt sales of firearms, ammunition and hunting supplies during Mississippi Sportsman Weekend.
Embezzlers; prohibit public employment.
Public community colleges and universities; require to develop a plan for addressing unplanned pregnancy.
Literacy based promotion program; SDE conduct pilot program in one or more "C" level school districts.
Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Program; establish in the State Department of Health.
Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act; enact and modify the great seal.
Appropriation; IHL - General support.
Appropriation; IHL - Subsidiary programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Student Financial Aid.
Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Alcorn State - Agricultural programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Cooperative Extension Service.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Forest and Wildlife Research Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Veterinary Medicine, College of.
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Administrative expenses.
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Support for community and junior colleges.
Appropriation; Corrections, Department of.
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Appropriation; Military Department.
Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission.
Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance, Department of.
Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of.
Appropriation; Revenue, Department of.
Appropriation; Tax Appeals Board.
Appropriation; Workers' Compensation Commission.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Development Authority, Mississippi.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Dental Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Board.
Appropriation; Massage Therapy, Board of.
Appropriation; Pharmacy, Board of.
Appropriation; Counselors, Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional.
Appropriation; Veterinary Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Architecture, Board of.
Appropriation; Geologists, Board of Registered Professional.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Commission.
Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public.
Appropriation; Contractors, Board of.
Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce, Department of.
Appropriation; Egg Marketing Board.
Appropriation; Animal Health, Board of.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission - Livestock shows.
Appropriation; Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority.
Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Audit, Department of.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Personnel Board.
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Appropriation; Treasurer's Office.
Appropriation; Debt Service-Gen. Obli.
Sebastopol Natural Gas District; increase the amount of revenue bonds that may be issued by.
Passed the Senate · 3
Wild hog; prohibit transportation of.
Federally designated controlled-access interstate highways; clarify responsibility to investigate motor vehicle accidents.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of - State Aid Road Construction, Office of.
Out of committee · 1
Mississippi Corrections and Criminal Justice Reform Act of 2014; enact.
In committee · 2
Public School Districts of Innovation; authorize State Board of Education to approve creation of in local school districts.
Income tax; authorize a credit for employers who pay the cost of a qualified wellness program.